Die-throwing device



Aug. 7, 1928. 1,679,360

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Patented Aug. 7, 19218.

UNITED STATES 1,679,360 PATENT OFFICE.

p JACOB JUNG, OF HAMBURG, GERMANY.

:DIE-THROWING DEVICE.

Application filed December 3, 1927, Serial No. 237,548,`and in GermanyDecember 9, 1926.

This invention relates tol a device for throwing dice by mechanicalmeans within a closed chamber, and the invention consists in theprovision of a `dishcd, glass-covered base carrying a centrally disposedupright tube whercon a plurality of cranked, diethrowing hammers arepivotally supported, said hammers being operated by means of rodsarranged within the tube and by means of a knob which is situatedoutside the glass cover and which is common to all the rods.

Means are provided i'or rendering the knob inoperative in respect of anyof the rods.

Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a vertical section oi thedevice taken on the line 1 1 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 2, a horizontal section on the line 2 2 of Fig. i,

Fig. 3, a view of one of the operating rods,

Fig. 4, a sectional view of the operating knob showing a modifiedarrangement,

Fig. 5, a view of an operating rod for use with the arrangement of Fig.f1,

Fig. 6, a sectional view of the tube together with a guide element forthe rods, and

Fig. 7, a top view of Fig. 6.

The device is composed of a dished base 1 to which a centrally disposed,upright tube 3 is secured by means oi' a nut f1. rlhe base supports aglass bell 2, and the space within the latter is divided by radialpartitions I, II and III into three equal and separate chambers. Thetube 3 carries in each chamber a pair of brackets 8 between which acranked hammer 7 is pivotally suspended at 9. Assembled around the lowerpart of the tube 3 are three sectors 24 which are spaced from oneanother and arranged so that a hammer 7 is normally disposed in thespace between two adjacent sectors. Each chainber of the device containsa die 6, and the base 1 is formed for each chamber with a cavity thewalls ofwwhich slope towards the gap between the sectors so as tomaintain the die 6 in position, as shown in Figs. l and 2, to be thrownby the hammer 7 For operating the hammers, three rods 13 are housedwithin the tube 3 which is provided at its lower part with threelongitudinal slots 11. The crank arms 10 of the hammers project throughthe slotsll and also through elongated slots 12 made in the rods 13.Lugs at the lower ends of the rods project outwards through the slots 11and are engaged by springs 19 which tend to raise the rods. Vhen therods ar-e de` pressed in opposition to the springs, Vthe arms 10 will'be engaged at the ends of the slots 12 for operating the hammers andthrowing the dice which return by gravity and by virtue of the guidesurfaces to their initial positions in iront of the hammers.

Secured to the upper end of the tube 3 is a disc 5 in which the rods 13as well as the stem 1T of aknob 14, are slidably guided. The knob 14 issupported by a spring 18 and serves asa means for depressing the rods.For each rod the knob 14 has a slot 15 into which the upper end of thevrod pr0- jectsl and which is deep enough to allow the knob to bedepressed without aiecting the rod. Normally the slot 15 is traversed bya slide 16 which is fitted radially in the knob and which engages therod so as to cause it to be depressed together with the knob. If any ofthe dice is not required for use, the respective slide 16 is retractedso as to render the knob inoperative as regards the particular rod.

The springs 19 may be obviated if the upper end of each rod is providedwith a slot 20, as shown in Fig. 5, for the reception f of a pin 21inserted radially into the knob. The rod will then be held between thepinl 21 and the slide 16 so as to follow the upward as well as thedownward movements of the knob. In this case an additional rod guide inthe form of a disc 23 provided with guide apertures 22, is mounted inthe tube 3, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

To render theV device more interesting and attractive, the brackets 8are made to represent footballers, the hammers 7 serving as legs. Thefeet are weighted at the toes so as to maintain the legs in their properposition of rest and so as to render the kicks more eii'ective. ,'Ihepartitions I, II, and III may consist of nets to represent goals.

The dice are preferably made of ebonite or other hard but light materialso as not to cause damage to the glass bells.

I claim:

1. A die throwing device of the. character described, comprising a base,a glass bell supported on said base, an upright tube connected to thebase and projecting through saidv bell, radial partitions dividing thespace under the bell into chambers, brackets connected to the tube ineach chamber, a cranked die throwing hammer suspended pivot-ally fromsaid brackets with its crank arm projecting through a slot into thetube, a rod guided within the tube for operating the hammer byengagement with its crank arm, and a. knob supported by a spring on theupper end of the tube and over the ends of the rods so as to allow ofbeing used for depressing the rods and operating the hammers.

2. A device as claimed in claim l wherein the knob is slotted to receivethe ends of the rods, the slots being' deep enough to allow the knob tobe depressed without alfecting the rods, and means for blocking theslots when the rods are to be operated.

3. A device as claimed in claim l wherein the knob is slotted to receivethe ends of the rods, the slots being deep enough to allow the knob tobe depressed with aecting the rods, and slides fitted in the knob so asto allow of being placed across the slots as operating abutments for therods.

4. A ydevice as claimed in claim 1 wherein each rod is connected to theknob by means of a pin-and-slot arrangement so as to allow of relativedisplacement, and means for preventing such displacement.

5. A device as claimed in claim l wherein the hammers are weighted so asto maintain themselves by gravity in their proper position of rest.

6. A device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the base is formed for eachchamber with a cavity adapted to maintain a die in position to be thrownby the hammer when the rod is operated.

JACOB JUNG.

